MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The ED conducted searches at multiple locations in Maharashtra on Thursday in connection with an alleged Rs-328 crore farm loan fraud, perpetrated using identities of “bogus and dead farmers” by a firm linked to a politician, whose party is an ally of the ruling BJP in the State.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 10 locations in Mumbai and Parbhani district as part of a criminal case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Ratnakar Gutte, the chairman of Gangakhed Sugar and Energy Private Limited (GSEPL), it said.
Gutte is a member of the Rashtriya Samaj Party (RSP), a BJP ally in Maharashtra, and father of Vijay Gutte, who directed the recently-released Hindi film, “The Accidental Prime Minister”, based on a book of the same name and about the two-term tenure of former PM Manmohan Singh. (AGENCIES)
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